N. Texas howdy

[RuffTuffCreampuff]

Greetings:  I've had a long time interest in bees that began when a group of  students ran into my room with breathless news of a HUGE swarm of bees on a bush outside of the school.  Since I was a biology teacher, I was duty-bound to follow my academic charges and was led to what I know now to be a rather modest swarm size of maybe 2-3 pounds.  I had no equipment at that time, so my best course of action was to inform the principal, whose husband was a beekeeper.  He came and collected the swarm, and gave me a small book on beekeeping.  I read it, of course (science teacher, hello) and was hooked.  Now, after a fitful start, I'm ready to begin again.  I'm very interested in top-bar hives and the warre' hives. It just makes sense to me to use as few chemicals as possible with my garden and livestock (poultry) and I see no reason not to practice this with the bees.  I look forward to reading the posts on this forum and exchanging comments with the members. 

[BjornBee]

Welcome to the forum

Here are a couple links that may be helpful to you.

http://www.bjornapiaries.com/topbarbeekeeping.html
http://www.bjornapiaries.com/warrehivebeekeeping.html

[Dave360]

welcome  n. texas

Dave in E. texas